Hosea 2:23

New King James Version

²³Then ^(A)I will sow her for Myself in the earth,
^(B)And I will have mercy on her who had ^[a]not obtained mercy;
Then ^(C)I will say to those who were ^[b]not My people,
‘You are ^[c]My people!’
And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”

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Hosea 2:23 Heb. lo-ruhamah
Hosea 2:23 Heb. lo-ammi
Hosea 2:23 Heb. ammi

Hosea 2:23

New International Version

²³I will plant^(A) her for myself in the land;
I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.^[a]^(B)’
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,^[b]’ ‘You are my people’;^(C)
and they will say, ‘You are my God.^(D)’”

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Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)

Romans 9:25-26

New King James Version

²⁵As He says also in Hosea:

^(A)“I will call them My people, who were not My people,
And her beloved, who was not beloved.”
²⁶“And^(B) it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them,
‘You are not My people,’
There they shall be called sons of the living God.”

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Romans 9:25-26

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²⁵As he says in Hosea:

“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”^[a]^(A)

²⁶and,

“In the very place where it was said to them,
‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”^[b]^(B)

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Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23
Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10

1 Peter 2:9-10

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⁹But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of ^(A)darkness into His marvelous light; ¹⁰^(B)who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

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1 Peter 2:9-10

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⁹But you are a chosen people,^(A) a royal priesthood,^(B) a holy nation,^(C) God’s special possession,^(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.^(E) ¹⁰Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;^(F) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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Zechariah 13:9

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⁹I will bring the one-third ^(A)through the fire,
Will ^(B)refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
^(C)They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
^(D)I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”

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Zechariah 13:9

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⁹This third I will put into the fire;^(A)
    I will refine them like silver^(B)
    and test them like gold.^(C)
They will call^(D) on my name^(E)
    and I will answer^(F) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’^(G)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.^(H)’”

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Romans 3:29

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²⁹Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,

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Romans 3:29

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²⁹Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,^(A)

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Hosea 1:9-10

New King James Version

⁹Then God said:

“Call his name ^[a]Lo-Ammi,
For you are not My people,
And I will not be your God.

The Restoration of Israel

¹⁰“Yet ^(A)the number of the children of Israel
Shall be as the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered.
^(B)And it shall come to pass
In the place where it was said to them,
‘You are ^[b]not My ^(C)people,’
There it shall be said to them,
‘You are ^(D)sons of the living God.’

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Hosea 1:9 Lit. Not-My-People
Hosea 1:10 Heb. lo-ammi, v. 9

Hosea 1:9-10

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⁹Then the Lord said, “Call him Lo-Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.^[a]^(A)

¹⁰“Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted.^(B) In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’^(C)

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Hosea 1:9 Or your I am

Revelation 21:3-4

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³And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, ^(A)the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. ⁴^(B)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; ^(C)there shall be no more death, ^(D)nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

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Revelation 21:3-4

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³And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.^(A) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.^(B) ⁴‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.^(C) There will be no more death’^[a]^(D) or mourning or crying or pain,^(E) for the old order of things has passed away.”^(F)

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Revelation 21:4 Isaiah 25:8

Zechariah 8:22-23

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²²Yes, ^(A)many peoples and strong nations
Shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem,
And to pray before the Lord.’

²³“Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘In those days ten men ^(B)from every language of the nations shall ^(C)grasp the ^[a]sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard ^(D)that God is with you.” ’ ”

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Zechariah 8:23 Lit. wing, corner of a garment

Zechariah 8:22-23

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²²And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.”^(A)

²³This is what the Lord Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’”^(B)

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Zechariah 2:11

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¹¹^(A)“Many nations shall be joined to the Lord ^(B)in that day, and they shall become ^(C)My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then ^(D)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

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Zechariah 2:11

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¹¹“Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.^(A) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.^(B)

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Deuteronomy 26:17-19

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¹⁷Today you have ^(A)proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will ^(B)obey His voice. ¹⁸Also today ^(C)the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments, ¹⁹and that He will set you ^(D)high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be ^(E)a ^[a]holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”

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Deuteronomy 26:19 consecrated

Deuteronomy 26:17-19

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¹⁷You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him.^(A) ¹⁸And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession^(B) as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. ¹⁹He has declared that he will set you in praise,^(C) fame and honor high above all the nations^(D) he has made and that you will be a people holy^(E) to the Lord your God, as he promised.

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Psalm 22:27

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²⁷All the ends of the world
Shall remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the ^[a]nations
Shall worship before ^[b]You.

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Psalm 22:27 Gentiles
Psalm 22:27 So with MT, LXX, Tg.; Arab., Syr., Vg. Him

Psalm 22:27

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²⁷All the ends of the earth^(A)
will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him,^(B)

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Malachi 1:11

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¹¹For ^(A)from the rising of the sun, even to its going down,
My name shall be great ^(B)among the Gentiles;
^(C)In every place ^(D)incense shall be offered to My name,
And a pure offering;
^(E)For My name shall be great among the nations,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

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Malachi 1:11

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¹¹My name will be great^(A) among the nations,^(B) from where the sun rises to where it sets.^(C) In every place incense^(D) and pure offerings^(E) will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.

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Hosea 1:6

New King James Version

⁶And she conceived again and bore a daughter. Then God said to him:

“Call her name ^[a]Lo-Ruhamah,
^(A)For I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,
^[b]But I will utterly take them away.

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Hosea 1:6 Lit. No-Mercy
Hosea 1:6 Or That I may forgive them at all

Hosea 1:6

New International Version

⁶Gomer^(A) conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”),^(B) for I will no longer show love to Israel,^(C) that I should at all forgive them.

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